Pre-Baccalaureate

Recruiting Middle and High School STUDENTS

• Early College Pathways and Dual Enrollment Pathways
  • Lasell College Pathways to Teacher Diversity
• Career and Technical Education Programs with College Credit
  • Teacher Academy of Maryland
• Mentors and role models in STEM teaching
  • Smithsonian Education Center: Diversity Initiative
• Intense summer institute for high school students
  • Towson University Scholars Summer Institute
• Grow-Your-Own (e.g., partnering with K-12 school systems or community organizations such as churches, boys/girls clubs, etc.); Creating STEM and/or education clubs in middle and high schools
  • Emmanuel College Friday Science for Middle School Girls

Recruiting Undergraduate Students

• Financial support (e.g., scholarships) in exchange for teaching in high needs schools for certain number of years upon graduation
  • Loyola University Chicago Teaching, Learning and Leading with Schools & Communities
• Recruiting from community college STEM programs
  • MassTeach
• Support for Faculty Teaching STEM Education Courses
  • Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC)
• Mentoring for STEM Students and Teacher Candidates
  • Sposato Graduate School of Education
• Offering undergraduate STEM majors opportunities to work with K-12 students in STEM content
  • CALTEACH Science and Mathematics Initiative
• Promote middle and high school teaching as a legitimate career option for STEM majors

Other Strategies From Research Literature

• Articulation agreements between community colleges and 4-year institutions
• Early academic support (e.g., partnering with community college to ensure smooth transfer)
• Creating accelerated degree options for STEM undergraduates to earn teaching certificates
• Pitching STEM teaching at freshman orientation
• Teacher Resource Center that serves as the main hub for community building activities
• Pre-service degree scholarships and/or loan forgiveness specifically for underrepresented STEM teachers
• Offering undergraduate courses in preparation for a graduates-only teacher licensure program
• Offering STEM and education coursework regardless of time or place - asynchronous online courses

If you have a program or project that is doing interesting work to recruit underrepresented high school or undergraduate students to go into STEM teaching, please let us know by completing a profile form or emailing us at diversityproject.stem@gmail.com. Thanks!